Norway’s ambitious Arctic Ocean 2050 program has launched its first major expedition, sending the research icebreaker Kronprins Haakon toward the North Pole to investigate how a rapidly changing Arctic will look and function in the decades ahead.

Uri Manor, inaugural faculty director of the Goeddel Family Technology Sandbox, is using advanced instruments to study Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a debilitating genetic neurological disorder. Such advancements are offering hope for six-year-old Jeremy and others who suffer from the disease.

Liberty Hayes arrived at The University of Texas at Arlington planning to become a nurse. Along the way, she discovered a passion for exercise science and American Sign Language. Today, the recent graduate is combining both to help bridge communication gaps for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patients at a North Texas physical therapy clinic.